With a trunk-like snout, an enormous brain and shimmying moves, freshwater elephantnose fish seem straight out of a science-fiction novel. But these oddballs’ most shocking trait is their ability to ...

Neuroscientist Nathan Sawtell has spent a lot of time studying a funky looking electric fish characterized by its long nose. The Gnathonemus petersii, or elephantnose fish, can send and decipher weak ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Anil Oza about rhythms and the brain, how electric fish sense their environment, and a new methane-detecting satellite. It's time now for our regular ...

It would be a game-changer if all members of a basketball team could see out of each other's eyes in addition to their own. A research duo at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute has found evidence that ...

Electric fish exhibit a unique evolutionary adaptation that enables them to generate and perceive electric fields, providing a compelling model for exploring sensory ecology, neurobiology, and ...

We used three complementary approaches to examine the impact of social groups on electric sensing. First, we performed computer simulations to determine how much environmental information could ...

It's time now for our regular science news roundup with our friends at NPR's Short Wave podcast, Regina Barber and Anil Oza. Hey to both of you. ANIL OZA, BYLINE: Hello. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey, ...